Note-taking made easy with Action Note for Windows 10 PC and Mobile

Action Note is a relatively new app that is available for both Windows 10 PC and Mobile devices. As you might guess from the title, it is a note taking app with a simple interface and integration with your Windows 10 Action Center.

This integration gives you access to your Action Note documents by simply pulling down your Action Center. Additional features include Live Tile support and audio playback of your notes. We were tipped on the Windows 10 app and after tinkering with the Windows 10 Mobile version, Action Note comes across as a solid note-taking option.

The layout of Action Note has a "+" button at the bottom of the main screen where you can create new notes, a hamburger menu to access the app's key features, and any existing notes will be displayed center screen. You will also find a menu along the bottom of the app that will pull up several note management options.

The hamburger menu contains options to view your notes, view your archived documents (deleted notes), upgrade the app, view the About screen and access Action Note's settings. The upgrade option ($2.99) is to the Pro Version of the app, which will allow you to synchronize your notes across multiple Windows 10 devices.

Settings for Action Note includes options to turn on or off the following features:

Auto Save Notes

Display notes on the Action Center

Allow to delete notes from the Action Center

Enable quick notes (ability to create a note from your Action Center)

Synchronization options (Pro Version)

You will also find settings for input methods, theme color and the order in which notes are displayed.

Note creation is simple. You can enter a title for the note and then the details. You can add a photo attachment, color code the note (sets the color of the title bar) and flag it as important. Once created, you can pin the note to your Start Screen and have the note read aloud. All of the note management and creation options are displayed on the bottom action bar or beneath the three-dot menu.

Should you need to edit or delete your note, tap on the listing from the Notes page to re-enter the creation screens. Any deleted note will be sent to the Archived page (accessible from the hamburger menu) should you ever need to access it again. If you want to delete it completely from existence, you can do so from the Archive page.

A simple Windows 10 app to replace scratch paper

I don't utilize the note taking capabilities of my Windows Phone enough. I still jot things down on scratch paper far too often. Action Note is a Windows 10 app that is well suited for those like myself who need a simple, yet effective way of jotting down notes on your Windows Phone.

The integration with your Action Center is a rather nice touch to give you quick and easy access to your notes. The Pro Version will give you the ability to synchronize notes across devices (much like OneNote), but the need for the Pro Version will vary from individual to individual. Overall, Action Note is a great addition to the crowded field of note-taking apps already in the Windows 10 Store. It has a nice feature set and possibly the only key feature missing is an audio option for creating notes. I don't think this is a deal breaker, but it could come in handy.

If you have given Action Note a try, let us know what you think of things in the comments below. Also, don't forget to rate the app in the Windows 10 Stores. It is an easy way of sending the developer a little feedback on their work.

It is simply redundant as OneNote does the job well with a Quick Note that syncs for free and that can include audio.

If one asks Cortana to take a note, it will create such a Quick Note with an audio file included about your note. That makes me agree with all other commenters who say we do not need redundant crap in the Windows Store.

@Benjamin Do you have some feedback channel? I'm developer and really like this app, but there are few things which I think would make it even better. :) For example the ability to restore note from archive when accidentally deleted in action center. Or tutorial/preview of settings, because when I cleared my notes in AC they get archived and I didn't immediately know that this could be prevented via settings. Next would be ability to handwrite, but isn't it feature of keyboard? Dunno that. And lastly the cortana integration for dictating notes without opening AC or Action Note.

@George

the only key feature missing is an audio option for creating notes.

Well It's not missing. You can use dictation on your keyboard for supported languages.

But If you are talking about Cortana integration for something like "Action Center take a note" that would be nice. :)

This is a nice app! Developer's efforts are much appreciated. Nevertheless, I would recommend to enhance it by integrating with some other note taking app (eg Evernote, OneNote) so as to exchange notes with other devices and people. Any standalone app, however good, has no future IMHO if it can't integrate with others.

It's always nice to see new and or improved apps in the store. When i read about this appa a week or so ago I decided to try out OneNote instead from the Action Center. I found it fairly quick to open, and being a frequent OneNote user, I think I'll stick with OneNote. Nice ap though for those who don't regularly use OneNote.

You can disable to "Clear all" in the Action Note setting. Currenlty I'm using a workaround here, because of a bug withing Action Center API (Microsoft told me they will fix it in the Redstone1 update).

Because of the workaround, it only detects the "clear all" when there is more than 1 note.

Regarding the missing audio option for creating notes: I'm not sure if I misunderstand that, but I'm quite sure you mean the annoying sound that is played when you create a note within the Action Center. Unfortunately, there is a bug in the Windows 10 SDK that even if I disable the sound, it is played nevertheless. After a short discussion with Microsoft, they told me that this bug will be fixed in the RS1 update ... yeah, waiting until summer 2016 is quite a long time.

During the development, I'm testing the app on a Lumia 925. I try to get back my old HTC 8S for testing purposes, which is comparable to the 520. But I'm note sure if I can change a lot in sense of performance. But I think Microsoft will improve the overall performance in the next updates. Hopefully... :)

I'd like to thank the app developers for this app, although I haven't used it yet. Some people don't need the syncabilitu of OneNote. And some people don't have Cortana for reminders. So it's a nice addition to the store

This app works faster then One Note ( In case you need to take a note of 1 or 3 lines. Although their is no limit to the lines)
One note takes time to open, On the other hand this app shows note in the action center and they also come back if we clear all the action center.
This app is actual note taking! ;")

Exactly. Onenote(win10m) is bullcrap. To complicated, no ease of access, the ui, the whole app beeing nothing but a scaled down desktop program and definitely not made for mobile devices. This new app here tho :3 it just needs a menu with all the notes sorter by date and an in note list making option ( 1. 2. 3. ) and I am happy :3

I first thought "again a note taking app" but then I tried it and the integration with the action center will make it my go-to app for short notes. I can just open the action center and write a note from there without going into the app.

It would only be “better” if “Mobile Nations“ is the developer and not Jay Bennett. We mustn't pay for what is free. I'm thinking of starting a petition. You in mate? UWP's for -
1) WC
2) Windows Central forums.
3) iMore.
4) Android Central.

Actually, they should make WC app for iOS first, and it should be better with more features and updated more often than the Windows app, because this is in line with Microsoft's methodology of making better apps for rival platforms.

But also a few gems missing form Windows like being able to remote shoot from high end DSLR and ILC cameras from your phone. But I agree out of the millions apps available how many are we really using?

There's a huge difference between number of apps and quality of apps. Windows Store is behind both in number of apps and in app quality. Even Microsoft's own apps for iOS and Android are greater in number and in quality than for Windows Store.